republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-8003.md

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Bill	Relates to the procedure for exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse	Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2017-2018	A 8003	New York A 8003 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	BRAUNSTEIN	2	20	3	2017-05-25	2018-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/5dbe3004-0643-4ab5-8b40-62a28b245ce8	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8003	02444f133578dcf00f3b9d0c3c4928b08308be1c9b61283fc990492a1c7b0cdb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8003 (2017-2018) — Relates to the procedure for exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse

Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. A8003 HTML (committee substitute) — source
2. A8003 PDF (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — 130–5 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 135–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BRAUNSTEIN — primary (person)
• WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-05-25 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 REPORTED
• 2017-06-13 RULES REPORT CAL.258
• 2017-06-13 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.258
• 2017-06-14 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2017-06-14 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2017-06-14 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 DIED IN SENATE
• 2018-01-03 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2018-01-03 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.571
• 2018-03-26 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2018-03-26 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2018-03-26 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-04-30 SUBSTITUTED FOR S6137
• 2018-04-30 3RD READING CAL.324
• 2018-04-30 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2018-04-30 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2018-08-13 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2018-08-24 SIGNED CHAP.228 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5dbe3004-0643-4ab5-8b40-62a28b245ce8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).